"have one's fingers in many pies" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-have one's fingers in many pies.ogg Forms: has one's fingers in many pies [present, singular, third-person], having one's fingers in many pies [participle, present], had one's fingers in many pies [participle, past], had one's fingers in many pies [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> one's fingers in many pies}} have one's fingers in many pies (third-person singular simple present has one's fingers in many pies, present participle having one's fingers in many pies, simple past and past participle had one's fingers in many pies)
  1. (idiomatic) To be involved in many, or too many, different things. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: spread oneself thin, wear too many hats Translations (be involved in many different things): ידו בכול (Hebrew), ידו טמונה בכל צלחת (Hebrew), estar en todos los fregados (Spanish), estar en todos los saraos (Spanish), estar en todas las salsas (Spanish), estar hasta en la sopa (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-have_one's_fingers_in_many_pies-en-verb-CA1wNWb5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Hebrew terms with redundant script codes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Spanish translations

Inflected forms

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          "word": "ידו בכול"
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          "code": "he",
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          "sense": "be involved in many different things",
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